She's 4'11". But you should have seen her mother (my late grandmother) - she was even shorter! I'll tell you, though short or not, don't mess with those Duke women (my mother included) - they're formidable!Mike Kennedy/The Idaho Kennedys
Let us begin on the light hearted side with some new meaning to some long standing and fairly well known acronyms:DOS: - Defective Operating SystemIBM: - I Blame MicrosoftCD-ROM: - Consumer Device - Rendered Obsolete in MonthsWWW: - World Wide WaitMACINTOSH: - Most Applications Crash,…
Cool photo nephew Mike Kennedy/The Idaho Kennedys snapped of Butch and Aunt Patty Duke Pearce at that St. Joe preservation fest this week.Being angry is such a waste of time, like that day my car broke down because the garage elves grew weary of a…
The 2005 National Lentil Festival poster was unveiled last night. (BTW, I've yelled, "Stop the Presses" twice in my career -- once at noon in Kalispell, Mont., when we learned President Ronald Reagan had been shot, and once at 1:30 a.m. in Lewiston when the…
Gotta put together The Best of Huckleberries for Monday, kids, so enjoy yourselves with this early Wild Card ...
... Started an interesting thread in today's Wild Card that deserves to be run out front. (You can find his link here):"According to the researchers, journalists are significantly more ethical than the average adult - eclipsed only by seminarians, doctors and medical students."Unfortunately, junior high…
Idaho Congressman Butch Otter and actress Patty Duke of Coeur d'Alene are spearheading an effort to preserve 80,000 acres of forest in the St.Joe River Basin of North Idaho by creating a conservation easement here/Kathy Plonka, Spokesman-Review.Lamar Outdoor Advertising/Spokane has donated billboard space on US…
The Heimlich Maneuver, from Oklahoma City, sends along a link that calls attention to a method that would truly make our skies safer (need audio and visual) here.
APhoto Fix: A boy stands during payers at the Sunni Um al-Qura Mosque in Baghdad Friday, June 3, 2005. At least 825 people, including U.S. forces, have been killed since the new Shiite-led government was announced April 28 here. 1. Political 'Toon Fix: Paul Nowak…
Got some trolls lurking out there, so I'll keep an eye on the Wild Card tonight ...
...Or you can tell you they're talking behind your back and aren't wanted when:1. The chamber of commerce wants you out.2. Ditto for the convention and visitors bureau.3. Ditto for the City Council.4. Ditto for your own county political party.5. You're the butt of late-night…
... solved the triple murder/missing children case, yet, don't be. These things take time, sez Bill McCrory/Whitecaps, here.
In Kootenai County, Idaho, and neighboring Spokane County, Wash., the real estate market is a seller's one. See item below IMHO-NW.Now that Spokane Mayor Jim West has appeared with Matt Lauer on the "Today" show, humorist Doug Clark/SR wonders what would happen if he turned…
Avoiding judgment, or leaping too quickly to forgiveness, as a deep-thinking and devout friend of mine says, can turn us into enablers. We wind up allowing destructive behavior to continue. We're the voters and the taxpayers of this city – we're exactly the ones who…
Issue: Developer gets revenge with billboard: 'Welcome to New Jersey. A horrible place to do business'/Associated Press.DFO: If I put up a billboard at the stateline, it'd say: "Welcome to North Idaho. I got here while the average guy could still afford it. Neener. Neener."Question:…
Wolfinger won't seek new term: Councilman cites 'full plate' in decision/Tom Greene, CDA Press.DFO: When did I tell you that Wolfie wasn't going to run -- five or six months ago? That's why you have to tune into Huckleberries Online (and get your family and…
OK, boys and girls, with some trepidation, I turn another Wild Card over to you. I insist that the usual suspects behave themselves on the blog tonight and in the future. If you want to flame each other, exchange e-mails and go at it that…
Quinn Kennedy, Mike's youngest, on Memorial Day*Marianne Love/Slight Detour recalls her days at Sandpoint High mentoring budding journalist Erica Curless, now with the SR and a marathon woman, here....*Bearable Bob/Unbearable Bobness of Being captures my feelings about middle-age, Glory Days, and blown ACLs here....*CDADave has…
Is the Bard of Sherman Avenue Rick Maxey by chance? I'm not sure if I ever guessed him or not. Seeing as Deep Throat is now known, this remains the only great mystery of our time.Mike KennedyDFO: No. BTW, does this mean that I have…
Didja hear the one about the disorderly conduct call that sent one of Bonner County's Deputy Dawgs rolling to Cavanaugh Bay Marina at Coolin? Seems someone thought there was a fight in progress. But when Deputy Harris arrived to check things out all he found…
For those of you with ideas of your own, here's your early Wednesday Wild Card ...
Clues lead murder investigation to CdA hardware store/Erik Loney, KREM2 News.Hat Tip: Dan English
Filipino protesters display slogans to symbolize their disgust on new World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz during a rally in the country office of World Bank in suburban Manila Wednesday. You write the cutline.Top Cutlines: 1. Participants at the plumbers convention slip away for a few…
...for being railroaded by You Know Who to ask You Know Who to resubmit his downtown garden proposal here (This is the same tactic You Know Who used 15 years ago or so when he tried to resurrect his plan for hydroplane races -- get…
You can find the Vanity Fair article about former U-of-I Vandal/No. 2 FBIer turned Deep Throat Mark Felt here (and pictured above). Bob Woodward confirming Felt's identity as Deep Throat here. And the Washington Post editorial about Felt here.1. Political 'Toon Fix: Paul Nowak (Real…
D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.
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